Tablets and Laptops

Friday, July 22, 2011

The HP Pavilion 2000-210US is a 15.6 inch budget-friendly consumer-oriented laptop. It has an Intel Pentium P6200 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and a DVD drive.

The Pavilion 2000-210US has similar specifications to the HP 630. The major difference between the two models is in the display. While HP 630 has an anti-glare screen, the Pavilion 2000-210US sports a glossy Brightview display.

The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android tablet is now up for order. You can place your order through Lenovo's website for $499.99. The tablet is expected to start shipping in August. Excaliber PC and Provantage have also started taking pre-orders for the same price.

Notion Ink is all set to launch a sequel to its Adam tablet. The Notion Ink Adam 2 is expected to have a December launch. The company will show case the tablet at CES in 2012.

The Notion Ink Adam launched earlier this year. Back then it was the first Android tablet on the market with a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and a 10 inch Pixel Qi display. It is still the only tablet on the market with a Pixel Qi display.

Notion Ink hasn't revealed the specifications of the Adam 2 but word is that it will have a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a new Pixel Qi display.

The Pixel Qi transflexive displays are sunlight readable. They can operate in two modes. When the backlighting is on, the Pixel Qi display is like any other LCD display. But when you turn the back light off it will look like a black and white E ink display. In that mode it also consumes much less power than a regular LCD display.

Samsung is preparing to launch a low-cost netbook in India. The Samsung N100 has a low power 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 processor. It runs the open source MeeGo Linux operating system. In India the netbook will sell for INR 12,290 (about $275US). It is not clear whether the N100 will be available outside of India.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Gateway has refreshed its NV and ID series laptops. The new Gateway NV laptops feature latest processors from Intel and AMD. While the Gateway NV57 has Intel's latest Sandy Bridge Core i series processors, the NV55 sports AMD Fusion Llano APUs (Accelerated Processing Units).

What makes the Gateway ID47 interesting are its aluminum body and unique display technology. The notebook has a 14 inch display with an extremely thin bezel. Gateway says that its chassis is no bigger than the chassis of a 13.3 inch laptop. The ID47 features Intel's Sandy Bridge processors. It is available in 'Blue Liquid' of 'Brushed Platinum' design.

The Acer AC700 Chromebook has started shipping. It is the second Chrome OS laptop to hit the market. Amazon is taking orders for the WiFi only version of the laptop for $349. A 3G-capable version will be available soon for $429. That model will connect to Verizon's wireless network and come with 100MB of free data per month for a maximum of two years. If you need more bandwidth you will need to sign up for a service contract with Verizon.

The Acer Chromebook has an 11.6 inch display. It is smaller than Samsung's 12.1 inch Series 5 Chromebook. Both laptops have 1.66GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processors, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of SSD.

The Acer AC700 also has a full-sized keyboard and a large clickpad. The keyboard features special Chrome OS shortbooks instead of the Fn keys found on ordinary keyboards.

The Google Chrome OS is an operating system built around a web browser. The laptop boots in under 10 seconds. On the down side, a Chrome OS laptop is practically useless when you are not connected to the internet.

Monday, July 11, 2011

HP could launch one or two 'Ultrabooks' sometime soon. Digitimes report that the HP Ultrabooks will hit the market before Asus starts shipping its UX21 Ultrabook.

The Ultrabook is some sort of an extremely thin and light laptop with a budget-friendly price tag. The concept was first introduced by Intel a few weeks ago. Back then it was heard that Asus would be first to launch an Ultrabook.

The HP Ultrabooks will feature Intel's Core i7 processors for thin laptops. Digitimes report that Taiwanese OEM Foxconn has already started building these notebooks for HP.

The Asus UX21, by the way, will be available in two models - one with an 11.6 inch display and another with a 13 inch display. The smaller model will measure just 0.12 inches at its thinnest part. It will be available with a choice of Intel Core i5 or i7 processors and SSDs. There is still no official launch date for the notebooks, but word is that it will start shipping in September. If that is indeed so, then the HP Ultrabooks could hit the streets in July or August.